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An Approach to Estimating State‐Level Medicaid Nursing Home Spending

Hannah C. Ratliff et al.

Health Services Research2026https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6773.70112article
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Abstract

The new, validated measure offers a reliable and transparent method for comparing Medicaid nursing home payment rates across states using only publicly available data. Importantly, this approach enables timely, cross-state comparisons without the need for restricted or proprietary data, improving transparency and removing barriers to policy evaluation.

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@article{hannah2026,
  title        = {{An Approach to Estimating State‐Level Medicaid Nursing Home Spending}},
  author       = {Hannah C. Ratliff et al.},
  journal      = {Health Services Research},
  year         = {2026},
  doi          = {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6773.70112},
}

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